“Human beings have a demonstrated talent for self-deception when their emotions are stirred.”
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“Other things being equal, it is better to be smart than to be stupid.”
“If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.”
“Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of our ancestors.”
“We are like butterflies who flutter for a day and think it's forever.”
“The Earth is a tiny and fragile world. It needs to be cherished.”
“Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still.”
“The price we pay for the anticipation of our future is anxiety about it.”
“The best antidote for pseudoscience, I firmly believe, is science.”
“People are rarely grateful for a demonstration of their credulity.”
“Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.”
“If we crave some cosmic purpose, then let us find ourselves a worthy goal.”
“It does no harm to the romance of the sunset to know a little bit about it.”
“Power gradually extirpates from the mind every humane and gentle virtue.”
“No passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear.”